Comments on: Details on Nikon’s press conference in the UK

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:29:23 +0000

Just been to the local Nikon dealer looking to try out the D300. They told me they have no D300 in stock because of the coming press conference.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:38:50 +0000

TH gives his own opinion, NR deals with rumors. Big difference – just ask him, he can explain you how to run a rumor site:)
Last time TH told me here on this blog, that he wants to get out of the rumor business, but it seems that since he said that almost every single post on his website is about that… of course he calls it prediction/opinion, he doesn’t use the dirty word “rumor”.
After the Nikon roadmap rumor, he had to respond with his own version, because “not everything you read on the Internet is true”. Accidentally, he posted that on the Internet, lol

By: Daf

Daf — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:05:43 +0000

Just looked at Thom Hogan’s take on the roadmap.
Not really looked on his site much before – WOW – does he use a condescending tone!

You either know, or you don’t.
If I don’t know something for sure I’ll say so – I won’t present my thoughts as facts or better than everybody elses.

By: PHB

PHB — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:39:20 +0000

I think that is most likely.

You hold separate press conferences to address different audiences. DSLR World Magazine is not going to be amused at having to go out to two separate events for one camera and one lens.

By: NikoDoby

NikoDoby — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:07:34 +0000

Wow it’s starting to look like the dpreview forums in here!

We all know the real reason admin started this website was to meet hot babes online,
but he got fat trolls and haters instead :^P

Admin, great work!
“Pedro Offers You His Protection”

By: Robin Edgar

Robin Edgar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:04:03 +0000

Unless you’re hallucinating. . .;-)

By: Movilla

Movilla — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:54:04 +0000

Agree with Michael. Admin does a great job. I’m a D300 user and I’m ready to upgrade to a D700 equivalent. What the next version (D700X) is like is important to know.

Does NR get it right all the time? No. Is it a good source of upcoming releases. Actually, yes. And that is why I check this site. If you can point me to another site that showcases upcoming Nikon releases, then I’d be happy to switch. But I don’t think you can.

Nikon should be paying NR, imo.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:18:31 +0000

true, I should have gone with 99% – Nikon can aways cancel the event, but if I see something with my own eyes, it should be 100%

By: Robin Edgar

Robin Edgar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:09:19 +0000

@ Admin – If something “has confirmation” and is “100% sure” it is no longer a rumor.

@ BobNikon – This is the Nikon *Rumors* blog. I am not aware of Admin ever claiming that a high degree of the rumors about Nikon posted here ever “come true”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:57:59 +0000

By: Dweeb

Dweeb — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:39:28 +0000

I figured and predicted Nikon would have SFA until end of summer and Xmas. They crap on people like me who are desperate for new equipment that buy to shoot in the next year’s shooting season (I buy all mine in March). This is an established pattern by them to hawk last year’s equipment and is why they show SFA at PMA.

Old lenses? You bet. More like Ancient lenses. What other manufacturing business outside of Albania sells 1985 product? Tell me. What makes me sick is the apologists that write diatribes about how everyone’s a shit photographer because they gripe about old lenses. I’m to throw good inflated high tech dollars down the toilet to buy their latest hit or miss? Or gamble on their opium den fallacy of DX as a professional format? I deserve better for 2000 bucks than a Intel 386. Or a cheapshit 10-24 made in China for a thousand USD. I’m a victim of the two thousand dollar D70 which was a hanger queen quitter POS if there ever was one and I paid my dues in spades to Nikon in their easy days. Nothing from China is worth a thousand dollars.

I don’t find personal attacks on admin palatable either. He’s giving us good info that would not be otherwise seen. I don’t want to see another pussywhipped site like DPR or Nikonians here.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:07:37 +0000

Come on Bob… back off. Why do you want to be advesarial? We come here to enjoy not to get on the back of the man who makes this possible. If you like the site, be thankful. If not well… please don’t be a jerk for everyone else. We don’t appreciate it for us or Admin.

Thanks

By: geoff

geoff — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:01:21 +0000

There’s still a ton of lenses that aren’t AF-S, and all of those will need to be updated or cut in the next few years. It would not surprise me to see support for older style AF lenses cut in the successor to the D90. It will be a long while before it’s cut from the Dx and Dx00 lines, as those are their professional bodies.

By: Zoetmb

Zoetmb — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:33:41 +0000

>>>I’m more concerned about the lenses this time around, they are all aging quickly

That’s not really true. While there are some “old” lenses in the line (which is meaningless anyway – go look at photos taken in 1920 – they look better than anything you see today (although they were large format)), exactly 50% of the current Nikon lens lineup, 28 lenses, have been released since 2004. Go back to 2000 and that incorporates over 73% of the current lineup.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:45:47 +0000

This site is not driven by personal ego and desire to proove that I am the greatest gift to photography, so if you like the site, read it, if you don’t, don’t. You can go back to the archived history and you will get an idea of previously reported rumors and their validity.

By: low

low — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:06:57 +0000

nikon would be the coolest company if they joked around about a “roadmap” in one of their conferences….”today, we’d like to showcase the roadmap for 2010…”

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:47:24 +0000

I’m more concerned about the lenses this time around, they are all aging quickly, cameras are so dominant that i feel the glass has fallen behind, and thats no good… obviously the lens is everything for a camera, but damn these new numbers on the cameras look so amazing if they are true… can’t wait to see some new mid-range lenses in the vicinity of 18-70… i need a mid-range lens bad and i’ll wait if i have to… the sb-600 is getting old though i bought mine about 2 years ago already.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:44:14 +0000

good points anon… will be ineresting to see for sure.. i hope this stuff happens quick i need to know what i can get for school and what i should wait to buy.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:21:31 +0000

For the love of God Nikon…..a sb-700 (or sb-500) please. Let’s see some accessories. Lenses and cameras are so boring.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:09:51 +0000

No comments means no comments – you can go back in previous post if you are interested in my opinion. The last time I checked 87% of NR readers agreed with me.

I never said I do not like him – please do not start any “rumors”

If you want we can take this discussion offline or to the forums, I do not want to start another TH thread here. You know how to contact me.